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December 27th, 2012

Fahmi Sami's bookshelves are perfect for your own Batcave library. They're modeled on the logo from The Dark Knight trilogy. He also produces another set that juxtaposes this logo with a 1960s version.Link -via...

The Smoking Gun collects tens of thousands of mug shots all year long, and in December ranks the 20 most entertaining of them. This year, a couple are included because they are celebrities; the rest are just funny-lookin...

Judson Beaumont and his team at Straight Line Designs in Vancouver create downright funny pieces of furniture. Doesn't everyone need a little back dresser? Or a bench that looks like a can of sardines?Link -via Super Pun...

Movie Monster high school has one massive claim to fame- nobody has been bullied on campus in over fifty years!And even though Ghostface and Leatherface are mere humans, their ghastly disguises keep them under the monste...

It may sound like a Sy-Fy movie (and in fact was), but this fish is real -or was, 10 million years ago. Megapiranha paranensis was about ten times the size of the tiny but dangerous piranhas we know, and had a r...

River of Make It Vegan sculpted adorable mashed potato snowmen on top of meatless meatloaf. The scarves are steamed green beans, the buttons and eyes are peppercorns, the arms are parsley and the noses are little carrots...

Well, this model's hair isn't good enough to keep, but it's late, and maybe I'll fix the rest tomorrow. Or never. See the rest of the year's most egregious image manipulations at Photoshop Disasters. LinkSee also: Top 10...

Now we have seen some interesting sculptures before, but none quite as heart-stopping as this collection of butter sculptures by sculptor Jim Victor and his wife Marie Pelton. Let's just hope the scukptures are in a...

Make a Mummy Book Are you a loving Mummy or Deady looking for a fun way to get your kids away from the television? Now is the time to discover the Make a Mummy Book from the NeatoShop. This great book features 20 fa...

This is Domus Civita, a home in Italy built in the 14th century and purchased by new owners in 2011. Studio F remodeled the house, which consists of three floors above ground, but that's not all.However the most...

[http://youtu.be/0pXegXIE86w]Youtube LinkPlanning on popping the big question anytime soon? If so, you may want to get your hands on one of these TARDIS ring-boxes. Made by Paul Pape Designs, the box lights up and sounds...

A study from The Journal of Food Science has just been released detailing a study from 2009 which insists that eating asparagus prior to a night of imbibing may help curb hangovers....amino acids and minerals found in as...

Check out this great collection of jellyfish lamps by Roxy Russel Design. These gorgeous beasts of the deep are made out of eco-friendly materials such as translucent mylar. While they may cost a pretty penny, a per...

The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research.(Image credit: Flickr user Kristina Alexanderson)An application of current communications techniqueby Joshua LedermanSpecial Instru...

As everyone is feeling the Holiday spirit, take a break from the rigors of gift unwrapping and feast eating to build this beautifuly creative Papercraft Reindeer with friends and family. Brought to us by the people at Me...

In the movie business, "controversy" translates to "free publicity." This past year has had more that its share of offense and outrage, as well as opinions from all over about what to do to correct the situations. Rememb...

The Nobel Prize winning chemist Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) was not known as a man of great humor. This only encouraged one of his assistants to play a great prank on him while Calvin was preparing a paper for a 1955 issue...

[http://youtu.be/hNUeSUXOc-w] (YouTube link)Boston Dynamics and DARPA introduced the quadruped robot known as BigDog a few years ago, and have worked to improve it ever since. The latest incarnation of the robotic pack m...

The US Navy's base at Norfolk, Virginia is the largest in the world. It can berth a vast number of ships. On 20 December, the station was packed with five aircraft carriers and four amphibious assault ships:Five aircraft...

Inner Beauty Lip Balm Does the harsh winter weather have you feeling vain and mildly dehydrated? Add some luster to your chapped pucker with the Inner Beauty Lip Balm from the NeatoShop. This cherry tart flavored li...

Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, constructed a map of the world's animals. Now that map has been updated, with new information gleaned over the past century about where the Earth's anim...

The above image, I gather, shows Gandalf (right) recruiting Bilbo (left) for a perilous adventure. It's from a 1985 Soviet production of The Hobbit.This children's film featured Zinovy ​​Gerdt as "The Profes...

(Vimeo Link)Culinary delights abound in China, and travelers who are wary of trying new things should watch The Traveler's Republic of Tofu and see some of the great Chinese food they have to try.This informative video w...

Space menus have come a long way since the early days the US space program, when astronauts squirted tubes of gel in their mouths. Meals must be adequately nutritious, in the smallest volume as possible, preserved for lo...

W00t! It's time for another collaboration with the always-excellent What Is It? blog. Can you guess what this strange object is used for?Put your guess in the comment section below (click the +). One guess per commen...

Sure, these Labyrinth door knocker earrings by DeviantArt user buzhandmade look amazing, but the first thing I'd want to do would be pull the knocker out of the right one's mouth -I always though it was so mean when she...

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website. We've all seen the classic countdown, you know, in every film about astronauts, every...

Chinese artist Wen Fuliang doesn't see eggshells as trash, he sees them as a sculptural medium. His incredible sculpting skills began when he was laid off from his job as a woodcarver, and now he sees eggs as more than j...